- (1896 - 1916) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1896) Stage Play: A Parlor Match. Farce (revival). Written by Charles H. Hoyt. Herald Square Theatre: 21 Sep 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Virginia Aragon, Mr. Evans, Minnie French, Anna Held [Broadway debut], Mr. Hoe. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1897) Stage Play: The French Maid. Libretto by Edward E. Rice and William Gill. Original Music by Edward E. Rice. Musical Director: W.P. Brown. Choreographed by Augustus Sohlke. Directed by Fred A. Leon. Herald Square Theatre: Sep 1897- closing date unknown (unknown performances). Cast: William Armstrong (as "Lieut. Harry Fife"), Charles A. Bigelow (as "Charles Brown"), Phyllis Boronco (as "Sailor Boys"), Carol Clover (as "Ballet de Surprise"), Eva Davenport (as "Lady Hercules Hawser"), Lillian De Grosse (as "Sailor Boys"), Isabelle DeMar (as "Sailor Boys"), Valeria Douglas (as "Sailor Boys"), Mamie Forbes (as "Marie/Ballet de Surprise"), Wilma Gilmore (as "Sailor Boys"), Mabel Harte (as "Femmes de Chambre/Ballet de Surprise"), Anna Held (as "Suzette"), Edward J. Heron (as "Admiral Sir Hercules Hawser"), George Honey (as "Mons. Camambert"), Louise Hoope (as "Ballet de Surprise"), Louise Hope (as "Femmes de Chambre"), Edounard Jose (as "Paul Leguire"), Elennor Kendall (as "Dorothy Travers"), Belle Lovejoy (as "Femmes de Chambre/Ballet de Surprise"), Mabel McKenna (as "Femmes de Chambre/Ballet de Surprise"), Bessie Montgomery (as "Femmes de Chambre"), Hallen Mostyn (as "Jack Brown") [Broadway debut], Jessie Nelson (as "Femmes de Chambre/Ballet de Surprise"), Florence Pemberton (as "Sailor Boys"), Marie Peterman (as "Femmes de Chambre"), Florence Raymond (as "Femmes de Chambre"), Lucille Rehmer (as "Femmes de Chambre"), Richard Ridgely (as "The Maburajah of Punkapore"), Charles E. Sturgis (as "Willie Splint"), May Toriani (as "Sailor Boys"), Yolande Wallace (as "Mme. Camambert"), Helen Welch (as "Sailor Boys"), Maud West (as "Femmes de Chambre/Ballet de Surprise"), Matt Woodward (as "Gen. Sir Drummond Elfe"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Charles E. Evans.
- (1897) Stage Play: La Poupée. Comedy/opera. Based on the French opera-comique by Maurice Ordonneau. Book adapted by Arthur Sturgess. Music by Edmond Audran. Lyric Theatre: 21 Oct 1897- 3 Nov 1897 (14 performances). Cast: George W. Anson (as "Hilarius"), Arthur Cunningham (as "Father Maxime"), C.S. Fredericks (as "Benoit"), Trixie Friganza (as "Henri"), Ferris Hartman (as "Chanterelle"), Anna Held (as "Alesia"), Rose Leighton (as "Madame Hilarius"), Frank Rushworth (as "Lancelot"), W. Steiger (as "Lorremois"), Edward Vroom (as "Balthazar"). Produced by Oscar Hammerstein.
- (1899) Stage Play: Papa's Wife. Musical comedy. Music by Reginald De Koven. Based on two French vaudevilles by Maurice Hennequin and Albert Millaud. Lyrics by Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith. Book by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Herman Perlet. Additional music by William H. Penn, A. Baldwin Sloane [earliest Broadway credit] and Herve. Additional lyrics by Frank Sloane, James O'Dea and Glen MacDonough. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge and Richard Marston. Manhattan Theatre: 13 Nov 1899- 31 Mar 1900 (147 performances). Cast: Marie Allen, Ann Archer, Anita Austin, Henry Bergman (as "Baron Florestand de la Boucaniere"), Charles A. Bigelow, Vivian Blackburn, Gladys Claire, Dan Collyer, Beulah Coolidge, Royal Cutter, Eva Davenport, Valerie Douglas, Agnes Findlay, William Gillow, Anna Held (as "Anna"), May Levigne, Emma Levy, George F. Marion (as "Major Bombardos"), Adelaide Orton, Sallie Randall, Cecilia Rhode, Max Rosen, Charles Sinclair, William Sissons, Charles Sturges, Jessie Thompson, Olive Wallace, Frances Wilson, Henry Woodruff. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Little Duchess. Musical comedy. Music by Reginald De Koven. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Direction by Herman Perlet. Additional lyrics by Julian Fane, Bob Cole, William Jerome and J.P. Harrington. Additional music by Ellen Wright, A. Baldwin Sloane, J. Rosamond Johnson and Leo LeBrunn. Directed by George F. Marion. Casino Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 21 Apr 1902- close): 14 Oct 1901- Apr 1902 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Frankie Bailey, Sydney Barraclough, Katherine Bell, Charles A. Bigelow, Vivian Blackburn, Eva Davenport, Daisy Dean, Robert Fairchild, D.J. Flanigan, Minnie Gaylor, Lillian Harris, Anna Held (as "The Little Duchess/Clare de Brion"), Joseph W. Herbert, Phyllis La Fond, George F. Marion, B. McGahen, Mme. Monti, Harry T. Morey [credited as Harold T. Morey], Billy Norton, Adelaide Orton, Helen Planchet, Ruth Rennard, Clara Selton, Anna St. Tel, Charles Swain, E.A. Tester, Elaine Van Selover, Joseph Welch, Blanche West (as "Nanon/Chorus"), Bessie Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1903) Stage Play: Mam'selle Napoleon. Musical/vaudeville. Music by Gustave Luders. Based on the French original by Jean Richepin. Material adapted by Joseph Herbert. Lyrics by Joseph Herbert. Musical Director: Herman Perlet. Directed by Joseph Herbert. Knickerbocker Theatre: 8 Dec 1903 - 6 Jan 1904 (43 performances). Cast: Elsie Baird, Karl Becca, Henry Bergman, Harry M. Blake, Reginald Carrington, Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Mme. Phillipard"), J.S. Dunlevy, Franz Ebert, Edna Goodrich, Edward Gore, Anna Held, Joseph W. Herbert, Robert Hickman, Arthur Lawrence, Bessie McCoy, Nellie McCoy, Frank Moulan, Edythe Moyer, J.S. Northern, Miss Billie Norton, Fletcher Norton, Adelaide Orton, Sim Pulen, Alfred Pyke, Nina Randall, Frank Rushworth, Max Sharpe, Howard Stevens, E.A. Tester, Francklyn Wallace, Richard Wallace. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1904) Stage Play: Higgledy-Piggledy. Music by Maurice Levi. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Choreographed by Sam Marion. Scenic Design by John H. Young and Ernest Albert. Directed by George F. Marion. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 20 Oct 1904- 25 Mar 1905 (185 performances). Cast: Aimee Angeles, Robert Austin, Iva Barbier, Charles A. Bigelow, Irene Bishop, Vivian Blackburn, Aubrey Boucicault, Esther Brunette, Edna Chase, Elsie Davis, Mildred De Vere, Henry DePack, Richard Dolliver, Belva Don Kersley, Marie Dressler (as "Philopena Schnitz"), Franz Ebert, Charles Flynn, Florence French, Caroline Green, Bert Hagen, Lillian Harris, Anna Held (as "Mimi de Chartreuse"), Bena Hoffman, Harry Hoffmann, Jarvis Jocelyn, Grace Kimball, Florence Lancaster, Beatrice Learwood, Daisy Leon, Maude LeRoy, Freda Linyard, Hatty Lorraine, Bonnie Maginn, Sam Marion, Madeleine Martin, Frank Mayne, May McKenzie, Harry Morris, Edythe Moyer, Addie Orton, Frances Palmer, Violet Pearle, Marjorie Relyea, Maude Seddon, Elaine Selover, Edyth Smyth, Walter Stanton, W. Douglas Stevenson, Ada Verne, Mabel Verne, Vernie Wadsworth, Beatrice Walsh, Joseph Weber, Blanche West, Kitty Wheaton. Produced by Joseph M. Weber and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1905) Stage Play: Higgledy-Piggledy. Musical/farce [return engagement]. Music by Maurice Levi. Material by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Choreographed by Sam Marion. Scenic Design by John H. Young and Ernest Albert. Directed by George F. Marion. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 26 Aug 1905- 9 Sep 1905 (17 performances). Cast: Aimee Angeles, Robert Austin, Iva Barbier, Charles A. Bigelow, Irene Bishop, Vivian Blackburn, Aubrey Boucicault, Esther Brunette, Edna Chase, Elsie Davis, Mildred De Vere, Henry DePack, Richard Dolliver, Belva Don Kersley, Marie Dressler (as "Philopena Schnitz"), Franz Ebert, Charles Flynn, Florence French, Caroline Green, Bert Hagen, Lillian Harris, Anna Held (as "Mimi de Chartreuse"), Bena Hoffman, Harry Hoffmann, Jarvis Jocelyn, Grace Kimball, Florence Lancaster, Beatrice Learwood, Daisy Leon, Maude LeRoy, Freda Linyard, Hatty Lorraine, Bonnie Maginn, Sam Marion, Madeleine Martin, Frank Mayne, May McKenzie, Harry Morris, Edythe Moyer, Addie Orton, Frances Palmer, Violet Pearle, Marjorie Relyea, Maude Seddon, Elaine Selover, Edyth Smyth, Walter Stanton, W. Douglas Stevenson, Ada Verne, Mabel Verne, Vernie Wadsworth, Beatrice Walsh, Joseph M. Weber, Blanche West, Kitty Wheaton. Produced by Joseph M. Weber and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1906) Stage Play: A Parisian Model. Musical comedy. Music by Max Hoffman Sr. Additional numbers by Vincent Bryan, P.H. Christine, Mr. Cobb, Gus Edwards and Herman Avery Wade. Based on material by Harry B. Smith (also lyrics). Musical Director: Max Hoffman Sr. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward P. Moran. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Broadway Theatre: 27 Nov 1906- 29 Jun 1907 (179 performances). Cast: John E. Abbott (as "Mr. New Depot, collector"), Mabella Baker (as "Mrs. Silas Goldfinch"), Dorothy Bertrand (as "Ensemble"), Charles A. Bigelow (as "Silas Goldfinch, who is trying to spend his money"), Marjorie Bonner (as "Ensemble"), Charles Books (as "Mr. Shark, collector/Ensemble"), James H. Bradbury (as "Carver Stone, an American sculptor"), Janet Burton (as "Adrienne, a customer/Georgette, an American Girl"), Adele Carson (as "Celeste, a shop girl at Callot's"), Grace Conklin (as "Ensemble"), Edith Daniell (as "Marcelle, a customer/Marie, Anna's maid/Diane"), an American Girl"), Libbian Diamond (as "Ensemble"), Edouard Durand (as "Callot, dictator of fashions"), Julia Eastman (as "Ensemble"), W.J. Ford (as "Mr. Cornergie, collector/Ensemble"), Ethel Gilmore (as "Fifine, a Ballet Girl/Ensemble"), Phyllis Grey (as "Fleurette, customer/Denise, an American Girl"), F. Stanton Heck (as "Hercule, of the Paris Olympia"), Anna Held (as "Anna, the Parisian model"), Charles Hessong (as "Ensemble/Mr. Rathskeller, collector"), Bena Hoffman (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Hoffman (as "Colombe"), Miss Howe (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Howe (as "Ensemble"), William James (as "Mr. Rates, collector"), Grace Leigh (as "Paulette. a customer/Fanchonette, an American Girl"), Henri Leoni (as "Julien de Marsa, an artist"), Bertha Mack (as "Jeanne, of the Palais"), Lucille Marion (as "Ensemble"), Edna Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Carl Morgan (as "Mr. Quick, collector"), Adelaide Orton (as "Therese, a customer/Adele/Marie, Anna's maid"), Aurora Piatt (as "Helene, a Model/Francine, an American Girl"), Lew Quinn (as "Director of the Palais de Patinage"), Earle Reynolds (as "El Rio Rey"), John Francis Roche (as "Ensemble/Mr. Keno, collector"), C. Rodgers (as "Ensemble"), Grace Russell (as "Suzanne, customer"), George Burke Scott (as "Mr. Moregain, collector/Ensemble"), Truly Shattuck (as "Violette, of the Opera Comique"), Mabel Spencer (as "Hortense, a Model/Claudine/American Girl"), Ada St. Clair (as "Jeanette, a Model"), Madlyn Summers (as "Titine, a Ballet Girl/Ensemble"), Gertrude Thayer (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Waldron (as "Heloise/Model/Josie/American Girl"), Edith Warner (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Frank McKee and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1908) Stage Play: A Parisian Model. Musical comedy. Music by Max Hoffman. Misc. songs by Vincent Bryan, P.H. Christine, Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Additional numbers by Herman Avery Wade. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward P. Moran. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Broadway Theatre: 6 Jan 1908- 25 Jan 1908 (21 performances). Cast: Edith Decker, Edouard Durand (as "Callot, dictator of fashions"), Otis Harlan, F. Stanton Heck, Anna Held (as "Anna, the Parisian model"), Henri Leoni, George Wharnock, Mabella Baker, Bertha Blake, Marjorie Bonner, Charles Books, H. Bouvier, Louise Burpee, C.T. Cunningham, Evelyn Dale, Edith Daniell, Jeanne DeFoye, Nellie Donegan, May Emery, Sadie Emmons, Charles Hessong, May Leslie, Bertha Mack, C.S. Morton, F. Noel, Earle Reynolds, John Roach, H. Smith, Roma Snyder, Madlyn Summers, Evelyn Westbrook, Lillian Wiggins. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Frank McKee.
- (1908) Stage Play: Miss Innocence. Musical extravaganza. Music by Ludwig Englander. Based on material by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne. Featuring songs with lyrics by Harry Williams. Featuring "My Post Card Girl" by Louis A. Hirsch and Addison Burkhard. Featuring "I'm Learning Something Every Day" by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. Featuring "I Have Lost My Little Brown Bear" by J. Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole. Featuring "I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play" by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome. Featuring "What Kind of a Wife to Choose" by Gus Edwards. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Produced under the direction of Julian Mitchell. Note: Production revived at The New York Theatre: 30 Nov 1908- 1 May 1909 (176 performances). Cast: Charles A. Bigelow, Edith Decker, Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Captain, The Hon. Roland Fitzmaurice Montjoy of the First Life Guards"), Eva Francis, Anna Held (as "Anna/Miss Innocence"), Emma Janvier, Shirley Kellogg, Lillian Lorraine, Edith St. Clair, Florence Walton, Gladys Zell, Charles Barry, James Barry, Edna Birch, Bertha Blake, Martha Bright, John S. Brush, Miss Burns, Daisy Carson, Edna Chase, Daisy Clark, James Clyde, Miss Davies, Edna Dodsworth, Ethel Donaldson, Faico, Alfred Fairbrother, Miss Fennell, Dorothy Follies, William Gammage, Robert Paton Gibbs (as "The Duke of Pomerania"), Mayble Gilmore, Elise Hamilton, Josephine Harriman, F. Stanton Heck, Maurice Hegeman, May Hopkins, Vonnie Hoyt, Violet Jewell, La Flamencia, Beatrice Learwood, Ruby Lewis, Lionel Lozier, Miss MacDonald, Selma Mantell, Leo Mars, Virginia Marshall, Dudley Oatman, Mae Paul, Grace Rankin, Alfred Rinehart, Pierre Roudil, Daisy Rudd, Mabel Snyder, Madlyn Summers, Peter Swift, Reina Swift, Lottie Vernon, Grace Washburn, John Wentzel, Blanche West, Vida Whitmore, Marion Whitney, Lillian Wiggins, May Willard, Anna C. Wilson, Ernest Wood, John A. Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1909) Stage Play: Miss Innocence. Musical extravaganza (revival). Based on material by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Music by Ludwig Englander. Musical Direction by Frank Darling. Directed by Julian Mitchell. New York Theatre: 27 Sep 1909- 9 Oct 1909 (16 performances). Cast: Millie Baker (as "Angele/Three Weeks with You"), Charles A. Bigelow (as "Ezra Pettingill, "the greatest detective in the world"), Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Captain, The Hon. Roland Fitzmaurice Montjoy, of the First Life Guards"), Frances Farr (as "Claire, a school girl"), Alice Hegeman (as "Miss Sniffins, Proprietor of the School for Innocence"), Anna Held (as "Anna, Miss Innocence"), Gene Luneska (as "Helen Legarde, a gay Parisienne"), John Reinhard (as "Pierre de Brissac, Lieutenant in the French Navy"), Lottie Vernon (as "Loulou"), Jean Barnette (as "Maid/Ballet School"), John Barry (as "Three Weeks with You"/Rastignac, a student"), Billy Birch (as "Spanish Dancer/School Girl/Railway Number/Ballet School"), Marjorie Bonner (as "Railway Number/Ballet School/"Three Weeks with You"/Spanish Dancer/School Girl"), John S. Brusch (as "O'Brien, an American athlete"), Janet Burton (as "Fleurette"), Gertrude Dale (as "Zolo"), Peggy Dana (as "Maid/Ballet School"), Elinor Dayne (as "Three Weeks with You"/Diane/visitor"), Daisy De Vere (as "Ballet School/Railway Number/School Girl"), Mildred De Vere (as "School Girl/Railway Number/Ballet School"), James Doyle (as "Claude"), Corinne Drexel (as "Frances"), Alfred Fairbrother (as "Ben Hassan, an Arab/"Three Weeks with You"), Bessie Fennell (as "Toto"), Beatrice Gladstone (as "Clairette"), Elise Hamilton (as "Railway Number/School Girl/Ballet School/Artist Model"), Maurice Hegeman (as "The Marquis de Chabert/Dr. Charcot"), May Hickey (as "Three Weeks with You"/Marie, a School Girl/Railway Number/Ballet School/Spanish Dancer"), Harry Hoffmann (as "Three Weeks with You"), Vonnie Hoyt (as "School Girl/Railway Number/Pepita/"Hindoo Honey" Girl/Ballet School"), Violet Jewell (as "Eugenie, a visitor/"Three Weeks with You"/Ballet School/Railway Number"), Marie Lamar (as "Celestine/visitor"), Dorothy Lancaster (as "Zaza"), Marie Lavelle (as "Ballet School/Premiere Danseuse/School Girl"), Alice Leslie (as "School Girl/Rita/"Hindoo Honey" Girl/Ballet School"), Frances Leslie (as "Spanish Dancer/School Girl/Railway Number"), Lorraine Leslie (as "Lolo"), Lionel Lozier (as "Prince Yogama, a Japanese"), Eunice MacKay (as "Maxine/"Three Weeks with You"/School Girl"), Selma Mantell (as "Three Weeks with You"/School/Railway Number"), Myrtle Marsh (as "Gabrielle"), Virginia Marshall (as "Flore, a visitor"), Bird Millman (as "Ballet School/School Girl"), Bessie Neil (as "Zuzu"), Margaret ONeil (as "Sadie"), Dudley Oatman (as "A Postman"), Charles H. Page (as "Walker, an American"), Mae Paul (as "Eve/visitor"), William Powers (as "The Duke of Pomerania"), Pierre Roudil (as "Albert/Maitre d'hotel/Alphonse, attendant at the Hotel de Boheme"), Clifford Saum (as "Three Weeks with You"/A Gendarme/Schmalz/a ballet master"), Max Scheck (as "An American"), Cheridah Simpson (as "Ballet School/School Girl"), Edward A. Smith (as "Hobbes, a college boy/"Three Weeks with You"), Peter Swift (as "Bobo/a poor relation"), Marion Thompson (as "Yvonne/School Girl"), Alice Tyson (as "Carita/"Hindoo Honey" Girl"), Jerome Van Norden (as "Sergeant"), John A. Young (as "Count Maxime/"Three Weeks with You"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1913) Stage Play: Anna Held's All Star Variete Jubilee. Special/musical revue/vaudeville. Book by Stanley Murphy. Music by Henry I. Marshall. Lyrics by Stanley Murphy. Directed by Frank Smithson. Casino Theatre: 29 Dec 1913- 3 Jan 1914 (8 performances). Cast: Eileen Adaire, Charles Ahearn, Richard Bartlett, George Beban, Harry T. Belmont, Roland Bottomley [Broadway debut], Sadie Carr, Pearl Cook, Nellie Crawford, Florence Daniels, Gladys Fox, Francis & Florette, Anna Held, Hirschel Hendler, The Imperial Pekinese Acrobats (as "6 Mongolian Gymnasts"), Leslie Jones, Charles Judels, Jean L'Estrange, Frank Lynch, Edith MacBride, Felix McCabe, Samuel J. Murphy, Leslie Raleigh, Marion Roth, Victor Snyder, Julia Sullivan, Ward and Curran, Charles H Yorkshire. Produced by John Cort.
- (1916) Stage Play: Follow Me. Musical comedy. Based on the Viennese musical 'Was tut man nicht alles Liebe' by Leo Ascher. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Based on a Viennese musical with libretto by Felix Doermann. Based on a Viennese musical with music by Leo Ascher. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Additional music by Frank Tours, Jack Galon, Harry Tierney and Helen Trix. Additional lyrics by Helen Trix, Howard Johnson, Anna Held and Alfred Bryan. Choreographed by Jack Mason and Allan K. Foster. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Casino Theatre: 29 Nov 1916- 3 Feb 1917 (78 performances). Cast: Carrol Ashley, Wilmer Bentley, Anna Berg, Frank Binns, Eduardo Cansino (as "Dancer"), Elisa Cansino (as "Dancer"), Robert Capron, William P. Carlton, Sylvia Casel, Norman Charles, Beatrice Cloak, George Collins, Edith Day, Stanley Dixon, Betsy Duncan, Gladys Dupell, Mary Eaton, George Egan, Emeline Emerson, Perle Germonde, Gertrude Harrison, Laura Hastings, Marcie Hawley, Volga Hayworth, Anna Held [final Broadway role], Sylvia Jason, Edmund Kaeding, Mildred La Gue, Helen Lane, Grace Langdon, Evelyn LeRoy, Madeline Levene, Henry Lewis, Kitty Mahoney, Mae Manning, Rena Manning, Eleanor Matthewson, Ruth Maybee, Ruth Miller, Frances Mink, Emily Morrison, Alfred Opler, Walter Paustian, Dorothy Pond, Paul Porcasi (as "Fresco"), Edna Rochelle, Caroline Roland, Frank Shephard, Florence Sommerville, Ethel Sykes, Gladys Sykes, Harry Tighe, Leila Van Holk, Alice Van Ryker, Henry Ward, James Watts, Minna Whitemore, Lovett Wilder, Grace Williams, Letty Yorke. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
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